Where does “peukalonpää” come from?

peukalonpää (Finnish) comes from Finnish pää, from Proto-Finnic pää, from Proto-Uralic päŋe — head.

peukalonpää (Finnish): thumb tip, tip of one's thumb

Definitions

  1. thumb tip, tip of one's thumb

Ancestry of “peukalonpää”, step by step

peukalonpää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäähead; end, tip
2Proto-Finnicpäähead
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

via Finnish peukalo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeukalothumb
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →